"... the Horse's Head, in astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, whose stars in Flamstead's {sic; John Flamsteed's} catalogue are ten."—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 141
Wondering if it has anything to do with horses.
"...with the victim hoisted and then dropped buttocks-first onto a cushion of whetted iron spikes..." p 108
"... the Horse's Head, in astronomy, a constellation of the northern hemisphere, whose stars in Flamstead's {sic; John Flamsteed's} catalogue are ten."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 141
Wondering if it has anything to do with horses.
"...with the victim hoisted and then dropped buttocks-first onto a cushion of whetted iron spikes..." p 108